down-to-earth

英 [ˌdaʊn tu ˈɜːθ]

美 [ˌdaʊn tu ˈɜːrθ]

adj.  现实的;务实的;切合实际的

GRE

Collins.1

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 现实的;务实的;切合实际的
  If you say that someone isdown-to-earth, you approve of the fact that they concern themselves with practical things and actions, rather than with abstract theories.
  1. Gloria is probably the most down to earth person I've ever met.
     格洛丽亚也许是我见过的最脚踏实地的人了。
  2. ...her sincerity and her down-to-earth common sense...
     她的真诚和切合实际的判断力
  3. Their ideas seem to be far more down to earth and sensible.
     他们的想法貌似更务实也更合理。

英英释义

adj

• sensible and practical
  1. has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem
  2. her earthy common sense
  Synonym:earthy

双语例句

• She is a down-to-earth person.
  她是一个现实的、脚踏实地的人。
• The down-to-earth working spirit and the practical learning attitude won me a scholarship.
  踏踏实实的做事精神，务实的学习态度使我获得了奖学金。
• Surely there's a more down-to-earth explanation than black magic?
  一定有比巫术更为现实的解释。
• What they need is a down-to-earth spirit.
  他们需要的是求实精神。
• You'll like her& she's very sensible and down-to-earth.
  你会喜欢她的，因为她是一个明智而实际的人。
• Esther and DIana's book is a down-to-earth, pragmatic approach to facilitating on-going retrospectives.
  Esther和Diana的书是一本非常实际的，推动持续回顾的实用指南。
• A little apple, one kind of down-to-earth happiness.
  一个小小的苹果，一种实实在在的幸福。
• At XX, a united, down-to-earth and enterprising team is expecting your care and support.
  xx公司是一个团结、务实、奋进的团队，我们的发展还期盼着您的关心和支持。
• He had much more down-to-earth reasons.
  他有着更为实际得多的理由。
• I like the movies that are down-to-earth, more down-to-earth, more touching!
  我喜欢那些朴实的电影，越朴实，我觉得越感人。